Even the New York Times can’t believe Saratoga’s celebrating it’s 150th Birthday! A sweeping article combines history with personal anecdote, and remarks the area as a whole in addition to the racetrack. The article mentions some of Saratoga’s most exciting features to give readers a taste of the town.
Locals appreciate the importance and magnificence of Saratoga’s 150th year, but it’s familiar to us. Outsiders’ surprised and enthralled reactions remind us just how unbelievable this area’s history is. The New York Times’ piece celebrates our familiar features and gives its readers a picture of the sublime atmosphere of the Saratoga Region.
Red Smith, quoted in the article, sums up the feeling of the 100th anniversary, 50 years ago. How do you get to beautiful Saratoga? “From New York City you drive north for about 175 miles, turn left on Union Avenue, and go back 100 years.” The splendor of one of America’s oldest sporting arenas and Victorian homes this weekend begs to differ — make that 150!
As the article says, some things never change. Saratoga Springs and its Racetrack will always bring together local familiarity and world-renowned majesty. The writer’s father first brought him to the area 25 years ago. It became a regular family event. At the racetrack, his dad expressed to him his happiness with a life well spent before he died a few weeks later.
The deep satisfaction of a great day at the races is now an enduring part of their familial heritage. Odds are, the writer says, he won’t be around for the 200th — but he knows his son will!
The article will bring to outside readers some of the intergenerational sense of familiarity of the Saratoga Racetrack. But even in a piece focusing on the Racetrack in its 150th year, the other features and wonders of the area inevitably come up.
What’s amazing is not that the people and places of Saratoga are remarked, but that it’s in an article dedicated specifically to the races. Saratoga is a wonderful place, and The New York Times is only the latest to become enamored with it.
How are you going to celebrate the 150th year of the Racetrack? Why not look into the porch decoration contest, or check out other exciting Saratoga 150 Events?
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